The International Biometric Group, a biometrics research, consulting and systems integration company, has announced a webcast for June 11 covering standoff iris recognition systems. Standoff systems vary from basic iris recognition systems as they are capable of identifying individuals at a distance. Systems such as these have caught the attention of various government agencies as […]

The Canadian government is intending to begin collection of fingerprint data on 15% of prospective temporary residents in the country starting in 2011, according to an Edmonton Sun article. Further, by 2013, they plan on including 100% of temporary residents including those applying for special permits such as work permits or study permits. The overarching […]

CA Inc., an IT management software company, is supporting BMW with centralized Web access management and single sign-on. The improvements help increase security for the carmaker’s Web applications, while simultaneously lowering IT administration costs. BMW uses CA SiteMinder, a centralized Web access management solution, to provide user authentication and single sign-on access for more than […]

University campuses have gotten smaller, not in terms of physical layout, but in the time it takes to reach out to a student. Land line telephones are old news as students are tethered to their cell phone. The challenge for many college administrators today is how can they put that cell phone to work for […]

What started out as a free service–Metro bus rides–is now costing students at the University of Cincinnati money and another increase may be coming. “We want to keep it going,” said a university spokesperson, who pointed to a reduction in the number of cars on campus as one of the benefits. The pilot program began […]

Broome Community College in New York, part of the state’s SUNY system, and Cochise College in Arizona are the latest institutions to utilize financial services provider Higher One to electronically distribute financial aid refunds to students. Broome is the 12th school in New York to partner with the New Haven, Conn. Company. The school currently […]

Versus Technology Inc., a provider of RTLS systems for the health care industry, has introduced a Hand Hygiene Compliance System which deploys RFID and infrared (IR) technology to monitor the hand-washing habits of hospital staff The hygiene solution consists of two sets of RFID/IR-enabled devices. Staff members are issued badges embedded with the technologies; similar […]